cheese-press

Salina was a little taken aback, when she came forth into the porch, with her dress nicely tucked up, and her shawl folded in a fashion that left one arm at liberty, and saw uncle Nathan sitting there in the dark, instead of standing by the cheese-press, hat in hand, determined to escort her as a man of spirit ought to have been, after the trouble she had taken with the shawl.

The Old Homestead Ann S. Stephens

In these times, therefore, when Philip of Macedon is not precisely thundering at our walls, but nibbling at every man's cupboard and cheese-press, it behooves each

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 01, November, 1857 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics Various

Then she resigned her place, and running into the stoop, wiped her hands and face till they were rosy again on the roller towel, that she had observed hanging near the cheese-press.

The Old Homestead Ann S. Stephens

A barrel of new cider had been mounted on the cheese-press.

The Old Homestead Ann S. Stephens

[226] Casum bubulum manu pressum; probably soft cheese, not reduced to solid consistence in the cheese-press.

The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Volume 02: Augustus Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus

In one end of this porch stood a huge cheese-press; and on the dresser opposite, a wooden churn was turned bottom up, with the dasher leaning against it.

The Old Homestead Ann S. Stephens

There was scattered about and piled up various boxes, boards, farming and garden tools, old pieces of rope and sheepskin, old iron, a cheese-press, and what not.

The Wide, Wide World 1892

Nevertheless, when they had eaten dinner, for which Little Miss Muffet had a wonderful appetite, the woman took her into the dairy and told her how she could assist her in curdling the milk and preparing it for the cheese-press.

Mother Goose in Prose 1887

It was also an unending care from the time the milk was set over the fire to warm and then to curdle; through the breaking of the curds in the cheese-basket; through shaping into cheeses and pressing in the cheese-press, placing them on the cheese-ladders, and constantly turning and rubbing them.

Home Life in Colonial Days Alice Morse Earle 1881

An old cheese-press, cheese-ladder, and cheese-basket from Deerfield Memorial Hall are shown in the illustration.

Home Life in Colonial Days Alice Morse Earle 1881